"About seven, I should say."
"A calf and a pig."
"A swine for the Jew, that will suit. You'll keep him here in the trap."
"I can't, Jorg; by my soul, I can't! Let me alone!"
"Very well, for aught I care; but the legal gentlemen. The gallows has waited for you long enough!"
"I can't; I can't. I've been an honest man all my life, and the smith
Adam and his dead father have shown me many a kindness."
"Who means the smith any harm?"
"The receiver is as bad as the thief. If they catch him…."
"He'll be put in the stocks for a week. That's the worst that can befall him."
"No, no. Let me alone,—or I'll tell Adam what you're plotting…."